In an early unwrapping into this year’s holiday animated special haul, today’s (Monday, August 29) new episode of Futurama Season 11 on Hulu will see the return of festive favorites Robot Santa, Chanukah Zombie and KwanzaaBot — voiced by the late hip hop icon Coolio in his final appearance on the show. The Grammy-winning rapper born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. died September 28, 2022 at age 59.
In S11 Episode 6, “I Know What You Did Next Christmas,” Bender and Zoidberg travel through time to launch an attack on the bloodthirsty Robot Santa. Check out the sneak-peek, musical KwanzaaBot clips and find a full episode summary below.
Episode Summary: Xmas season is coming up, so once again, evil Robot Santa will be delivering his annual attack. We see an animated TV holiday special, (featuring Coolio as KwanzaaBot and Mark Hamill as Chanukah Zombie), that reminds us how Robot Santa’s programming failed on his very first delivery, back in 2801, and ever since then he’s been mistakenly judging everyone to be “NAUGHTY”.
The Professor (Billy West) decides to end this travesty once and for all! Santa cannot be attacked … except through TIME. So the Professor reveals he has restored his old time machine (from classic episode 6.07, “The Late Philip J. Fry”). His plan is to go back in time to 2801 and reverse Santa’s naughty sensor so it will function correctly. It’s a nerve-wracking assault, but … he succeeds! It will be the first happy Xmas in centuries!
In honor of the occasion, the whole Planet Express crew takes Xmas week off, and everyone goes to spend time with their families. In the general excitement, Bender (John DiMaggio) and Zoidberg (West) are left behind, having no families to go home to. They are lonely and bitter. Their bitterness leads to drinking (“dumpster nog”), and they soon become drunk and end up bonding for the first time in series history. Then they get angry … if they can’t have a nice Xmas, they will ruin it for everyone else! They decide to kidnap Santa.
